Attachment Issue in Intent

Question

I've been working on Android program to send email with an attachment (text/plain)using Intent with Intent.ACTION_SEND I used Intent.putParcelableArrayListExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri) However, when I tried to have multiple files attached to the same mail by calling Intent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri) multiple times, it failed to work. None of the attachment show up in the email.Thanks in Advance

      final Intent emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
      System.out.println(emailText+emailTo);
      emailIntent.setType("text/plain");
      emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,emailText);
      emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject);
      emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL,new String[]{emailTo});

      //has to be an ArrayList
      ArrayList<Uri> uris = new ArrayList<Uri>();

      //convert from paths to Android friendly Parcelable Uri's
      try
      {
            for (String file : filePaths)
            {
                File fileIn = new File(context.getFilesDir(),file);
                System.out.println(fileIn+"yes");
                Uri u =  Uri.fromFile(fileIn);
                uris.add(u);
                System.out.println(u);
            }
      emailIntent.putParcelableArrayListExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM,uris);
      context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send mail..."));
      }

Try my old [answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/9273051/940096) to this question. — Praveenkumar, May 08 '12 at 09:46
When i am using this code the attachment are shown but after sending the mail i dont receive any attachment. — ManjotSingh, May 08 '12 at 10:26
Yes i did,but had a same problem...not receive any attachment — ManjotSingh, May 08 '12 at 11:18

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 10 '12 at 11:14

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Use the ACTION_SEND_MUTIPLE instead of ACTION_SEND

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent.html#ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE

final Intent emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE);

answered May 10 '12 at 11:14

Priebe

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thanks, I did it but got the same problem,i wasted my 2 days on a single issue.please help if u can – ManjotSingh May 10 '12 at 13:16
Which email app do you use? I get a error when using the standard "Email" app "file too large to attach". But I don't get the warning when using Gmail. Try using another mail app and see if it makes a difference. – Priebe May 14 '12 at 08:13
I was use both Gmail as well as yahoo too,but i didn't receive any attachment in both app,i dont know where i m doing wrong. – ManjotSingh May 16 '12 at 07:51
Do you get the same result if you run it in the emulator? – Priebe May 16 '12 at 09:14

mifthi · Answer 2 · 2014-03-22T10:30:14.997

Ensure that the second argument file supplies only a valid file name. your problem might be there...

File fileIn = new File(context.getFilesDir(),file);

The Following code works without any issue..

Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE);
//...
ArrayList<Uri> uris = new ArrayList<Uri>();
uris.add(Uri.parse("file://" + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath() + "/HOME/Pictures/1.png"));
uris.add(Uri.parse("file://" + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath() + "/HOME/Pictures/2.png"));
uris.add(Uri.parse("file://" + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath() + "/HOME/Pictures/3.png"));
uris.add(Uri.parse("file://" + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath() + "/HOME/Pictures/4.png"));
emailIntent.putParcelableArrayListExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uris);
startActivity(emailIntent);

Attachment Issue in Intent

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